One of my goals this year is to read more fantasy by female authors. I will not declare this to be an exclusive goal (if the next Martin or Rothfuss or Lynch or Staveley novel is punished I will devour it with no guilt whatsoever). But as a woman trying to write fantasy, I want to see more what is being published by my female peers. This also may lead to less obnoxious grim-dark fantasy, which sounds great to me. My reading choices are also […]
She calls it Mr. Pointy
So I’ve been hearing about the Throne of Glass series all over the place, and decided to give it a shot. Naturally, I assumed that I should start with the prequel novellas, because chronology and stuff. Whoops. The internet tells me that I’m wrong, and I should have read the first 2 novels, then gone back to the prequels, because apparently everyone is still really into this whole Machete Order thing. Regardless, it’s too late, so I’m just going to go ahead and review the […]